Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Thoreau and Walden- 8/28

Warm Up:
-Students will complete the Mid-Chapter EOCT Practice assessment in the COACH workbook
-As this review quiz is a culmination of our warm up lessons this week, this will be a summative assessment

Work Session:
-Students will take notes on, and discuss, the life of Henry David Thoreau
-The class will revisit the principles of transcendentalism
-Students will work in collaborative pairs to annotate a small selection from Walden
-The instructor will use the document camera to highlight exemplary work and make thematic connections between the selection and Into the Wild
-If time permits the class will view another brief clip from the movie version of Into the Wild

Summarizer:
-Students will complete a Four Corners graphic organizer based on today's lesson

Daily Homework:
-Students will read chapters 12-13 Into the Wild

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